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1926021414Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co 1926. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 375 copies signed by the author. The present copy is number 177. 276pp. with an introduction by Vilhjalmur Stefansson illustrated. The author and Edward S. Evans traveled around the world in record breaking time by car train steamer and plane. Bound in 1/4 vellum over tan cloth leather spine label gilt. A very nice clean copy. Houghton Mifflin Co unknown books
192662387Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1926. Hardcover. Ex-library usual markings. Black and white plates are stamped with library stamp. Good for reading or reference. . Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1891001868London: Lawrence and Bullen 1891. First Limited Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. No. 67 of 330 limitation. Tall 8vo. 100 pp. Feline heroic verse with a nod perhaps to Joel Chandler Harris and Uncle Remus tales and surely a worthy precursor of T. S. Eliot's "Old Possums' Book of Practical Cats". Part of the fun comes from footnotes informative and yet part of the joke. Clean and tight copy within. Soiling to the white cloth/buckram binding. <br/><br/> Lawrence and Bullen hardcover books
1882134001Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1882. Hardcover. ex-library. all pages have come detached from binding. Perfortaion stamp on title page and pg 71. Additionally most plates have an ink stamp and a perforation stamp. Some tears and chipping to half title errata page pg 1-3 7 9 33 37 39 61 65 67 and plates facing pg 32 and 54. most of them are closed tears or chips to margin with no text or image loss. Burgundy cloth library wrapper and slipcaes. 72 pp plus 20 bw prints and blanks for mounting proofs. Copy No 259 of 1026 copies signed by author. Estes and Lauriat hardcover books
2006142101Los Angeles CA: Ben Maltz Gallery Otis College of Art and Design 2006. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran July 22 through September 23 2006. Curated and essay by Meg Linton. Interview of Tanner by Julien Robson. Additional essay by Michael Darling. Includes numerous color images. A near fine copy in wrappers. Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design unknown books
1939044369Paris: Librairie Nizet et Bastard 1939. 148 1p. original stiff printed wrappers partially unopend. Affixed to the front blank flyleaf is a printed sheet identifying the work as a 1936 Ph.D. thesis at the University of Minnesota along with a vita of the author. Librairie Nizet et Bastard unknown books
1875WRCLIT42405New York: S.W. Green Printer 1875. 24pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly dusty else near fine. First edition of this collection of eleven parodies of some of Poe's better known poems composed and published nine years after Linton left the UK to settle in Connecticut as overseer of his Appledore Farm printing and crafts shop. The copyright is taken in the name of 'Abel Reid' one of Linton's regular pseudonyms. NCBEL III:533. S.W. Green, Printer unknown books
19689017972Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in the publisher's original tan quarter cloth and black cloth covered boardsspine stamped in black. Frontispiece and 18 additional plates throughout. Minor soiling to cloth otherwise fine. <br/><br/> Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia hardcover books
196820920Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia 1968. First edition square 4to pp. x 6 250; frontispiece portrait illustrations; original white quarter cloth over black cloth. <br/><br/> Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia hardcover books
196874307Charlottesville: Univ. Press of Virginia 1968. cloth. Faulkner William. square 4to. cloth. xvi 250 pages. First edition. To be used in conjunction with Petersen's bibliography. Univ. Press of Virginia unknown books
1968005009The University Press of Virginia 1968. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine copy.Comprehensive book on the works of William Faulkner. The University Press of Virginia Hardcover books
188298639Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1882. later cloth. 4to. later cloth. x 711 pages followed by one printed leaf and 15 blank pages. First edition limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. With 20 full-page plates reproducing woodcuts from such artists as Anderson Linton Cole Kruell Closson and others. The text is followed by a page printed in red ink which states that extra blank pages have been bound in that can be used to mount additional plates. These pages are blank in this copy. Ex-library copy with markings. One leaf partially detached. Estes and Lauriat unknown books
1894163016New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1894. Hardcover. VG- clean unmarked copy with bright pages; light rubbing and bumping to corners; one-inch piece missing from head of spine; small tear to cloth at tail. Fine tan cloth; gilt lettering. vi 236 pp.; bw portrait frontis with tissue guard; deckles edges. TEG. The memoirs of William James Linton an English-born American wood-engraver landscape painter political reformer and author of memoirs novels poetry and non-fiction. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1882WRCLIT74443Hamden CT: Appledore Press 1882. xvi4187pp. Large octavo. Original printed decorated boards. Wood-engraved title-page and head- and tail-pieces. Boards a bit darkened at edges and spinesmall chip at toe of spine and thin residue of old cellotape mend to chip occasional faint foxing otherwise a very good copy of a book often seen with the spine perished. First edition. One of 225 numbered and signed copies edited set and printed by hand by Linton at his Appledore Press. The selection of poems from the 16th-19th centuries includes those Linton felt had not seen frequent publication in anthologies. He dedicated it to his friend Richard H. Stoddard. RANSOM 4. NCBEL III:533. Appledore Press] hardcover books
1880WRCLIT42433Hamden CT: The Appledore Press 1880. Square 16mo. Sewn into stiff plain wrappers titled in manuscript. Chip at crown of wrapper spine first gathering detached from thread else a good copy. First edition of this collection of relevant quotations from dramatic works assembled and printed by Linton in an unspecified but small edition. This is the first work Ransom cites in his brief checklist of Appledore imprints and he dates it "before 1879." However NCBEL dates it 1882. RANSOM p.200. NCBEL III:533. The Appledore Press unknown books
19762456Watkins Glen NY: Athenaeum of Philadelphia / The American Life Foundation & Study Institute 1976. Hardcover. G Binding and inside of dust jacket have some aging and foxing; dj has a few tears incl. one along open edge; book block edges have slight foxing; page surfaces are clean. Brown cloth gilt letters on spine tan & illus. dust jacket appx. 140 pp. numerous bw plates. A facsimile reprint of the original 1882 edition with a new introduction and extensive bibliographies by art historian-librarian Nancy Carlson Schrock. Index at rear. If you love engravings you'll find this one browseable. Athenaeum of Philadelphia / The American Life Foundation & Study Institute hardcover books
1856WRCLIT57337London or Brantwood: By the Author 1856. 4pp. Folded small octavo leaflet. Slightly dusty else a very good copy. First separate edition of this poem composed and published by Linton on the occasion of the celebration of peace with Russia at the end of the Crimean War. It is quite possible that this item was printed by Linton on the press he maintained at Brantwood and on which he printed the concluding numbers of THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC prior to its cessation in 1855. Rare. OCLC locates a copy at Brown and copies in the definitive Linton collection at Yale; it is not reported in Linton's NCBEL entry nor in NSTC. By the Author] unknown books
1891WRCLIT42413London: Lawrence and Bullen 1891. Large octavo. Original publisher's vellum over boards lettered in red and black. Head- and tail- pieces after engravings by Linton. Title-vignette. Attractive bookplate and remains of another on front pastedown vellum slightly bowed and smudged but a very good or better copy. First British edition limited issue. One of thirty-five numbered copies on Japon vellum specially bound from a total edition of 330. Linton is credited on the half-title as editor and illustrator but he of course was the composer of the poems as well. Scarce in this issue. NCBEL III:533. Lawrence and Bullen hardcover books
1876WRCLIT42426Cambridge MA: Printed by Welch Bigelow & Co. 1876. 8pp. Large octavo. Printed self-wrappers. A bit tanned at edges a few creases otherwise a very good copy. First edition of this poem by the British radical poet/engraver dedicated to Bryant and the "Members of 'The Century' in acknowledgement of hospitality and many courtesies received by an English Member." Not in NCBEL. Printed by Welch, Bigelow & Co. unknown books
1850WRCLIT57303London 1850. 6pp. plus blank. Octavo. Printed self-wrappers. Engraved decorative head and tail pieces. Slight tanning at edges and verso of blank a bit dusty else very good. First separate edition. A rare printing of a mid-career poem by the talented radical engraver and poet to all appearances printed in the U.K. possibly for his own distribution in the period prior to his emigration to the U.S. OCLC locates a single copy in the distinguished Linton collection at Yale there tentatively dated 1850. It is not listed in his entry in NCBEL and not recorded in NSTC. unknown books
1845WRCLIT57304London 1845. 4pp. Octavo. Folded leaflet. Light use at edges but very good. First separate edition. A rare printing of a mid-career poem by the talented radical engraver and poet signed at the end 'W.J.L.' and to all appearances printed in the U.K. possibly for his own distribution in the period prior to his emigration to the U.S. OCLC locates a copy in the distinguished Linton collection at Yale undated as well as a different printing in company with two other poems tentatively dated 1845 in an odd format paginated 51- 74pp. It is not listed in Linton's entry in NCBEL and not recorded in NSTC. unknown books
1875WRCLIT43776London: Blakeman & Jagger Old-Style Printers 1875. Printed broadside 26.5 x 21.2cm. Text in double columns. Old folds a bit dusty at edges but very good. A rare broadside printing of this poem by Linton in memory of his close friend and publisher fellow radical James Watson. Written after Linton's removal to the U.S. the text is dated at the end "U.S. Dec 20 1874." Linton's early publication history in Britain was closely connected with Watson dating from the years of Linton's first major endeavor the radical weekly THE NATION. In 1879 Linton published his own significant prose memoir of Watson and their association. Not in Linton's entry in NCBEL. Blakeman & Jagger, Old-Style Printers unknown books
1866WRCLIT57343Brantwood Coniston Windermere: Printed for the Author 1866. Narrow folio broadside 44.5 x 14cm. Printed on recto only. Folded across middle light use and foxing at edges very good. First separate printing of these two poems the first on the cession of Venetia to Italy by Napoleon and the second re: Bismark Garibaldi and other affairs signed "Spartacus. It is quite possible that this item was printed by Linton on the press he maintained at Brantwood prior to his departure for America and on which he printed the concluding numbers of THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC prior to its cessation in 1855. OCLC reports only copies in the near definitive Linton collection at Yale and supplies the date above. Printed for the Author unknown books
1895WRCLIT43620Hamden CT: The Appledore Press 1895. 8pp. 12mo. Unprinted stiff wrappers. Near fine. First separate edition of this poem on Darwinian issues printed by Linton at his handpress in an unspecified but small edition. Not in Ransom or NCBEL. The Appledore Press unknown books
1866WRCLIT66779Brantwood Coniston Lancs 1866. Printed broadside or galley-slip 44.3 x 14.4cm. Folded in half some nicks and creases at edges a few foxmarks but very good. An interesting item being a printing of Linton's 17 July petition as presented to the House of Commons by John Stuart Mill on 22 July. The galley-slip like format suggests the possibility that this is some form of proof for publication in another format. unknown books
